2. Noun. A physical exercise or cosmetic product intended to firm part of the body. ¹
3. Noun. A thin chisel with a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firmer
1. a woodworking tool [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firmer
Literary usage of Firmer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The city remained under British sovereignty until 1764. they were not of long
duration, and they did not in any way interfere with the firmer control of the ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"firmer grasp of the art of right living. In an age of effusion to be reserved,
and in days of universal professions of sympathy to show a saturnine front, ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... and as he perceived the difficulty of establishing a permanent control at
Delhi, he determined to lay the foundation of his power on a firmer basis, ..."
4. The English Review (1848)
"Church Leases; or, the Subject of Church Leasehold Property Considered, with a
View to place it on a firmer Basis. By WH GREY, Accountant. London : Ridgway. ..."
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